Photo by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. A lot can happen in 10 years. When muscle car collector and museum founder Tim Wellborn spoke with Hemmings Muscle Machines for a profile on him in 2005, he said he’d owned many Read more
Chassis 017, the very first Mazda MX-5 race car. Photos by author, unless otherwise noted. Though no one could have known it at the time, the Mazda MX-5 Miata, introduced to North America at the 1989 Chicago Auto Show, would Read more
Research and development, that’s the core of bringing any new high performance products to market, and there’s no better way to test your products than to build a badass in-house test vehicle.
Photo by author. Last night I was watching the collection of Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry movies that my wife gave me for my birthday. Fans of the franchise will recall that Harry Callahan usually had a catchphrase he repeated at Read more
When it comes to the latest trends, Todd Kindler isn’t really interested. Todd’s taste is rooted in the traditional rods of the ’40s and ’50s.
Porsche is out with two new Cayennes, and like every model in its stable, there has to be at least a half-dozen variants. Minimum. So it’s time to meet the Turbo-wannabe GTS and its base sibling, that – gasp! – Read more
I think the show cars from SEMA only really work when they go all-in. The ridiculous shaggin’ wagon and sword-filled concepts from Scion? You’re doing it right! The ultra-conservative paint jobs on the Chevrolet cars ? You’re doing it wrong! Read more
Filed under: Motorsports, SEMA Show, Coupe, Chevrolet, Racing, Autoblog Black Chevy introduced the fourth generation of its COPO Camaro at the SEMA show today; another limited run muscle car that should set drag racing fans’ mouths to salivating. Just 69 Read more
Filed under: Motorsports, SEMA Show, Dodge, Racing, Autoblog Black Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is showing off a completely redesigned Dodge Charger Funny Car at this year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas and it’s ready to blow through the NHRA timing lights Read more
Images courtesy RacingSportsCars.com. For all but a couple of the last 66 years, the village of Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern end of Lake Seneca, has hosted some form of racing, whether it be among sports cars, drag Read more